Pak Il-chol of North Korea competes in the men’s 15km cross-country skiing event of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics at Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in PyeongChang, east of Seoul, on Feb. 16, 2018. He finished 107th among 116 contestants who completed the race. (Yonhap)
North Korea’s top leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with Jang Ryong-sik, chief conductor of the Samjiyon Orchestra which recently performed in the South, in this photo capture from the North’s Korean Central TV on Feb. 13, 2018. The North Korean art troupe had stage two performances during its visit to celebrate South Korea’s hosting of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. (Yonhap)
South and North Korean taekwondo demonstrators put on a joint performance at Seoul City Hall in the South’s capital on Feb. 12, 2018, in this press pool photo. A team of North Koreans visited the South to celebrate the hosting of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. (Yonhap)
Kim Yong-nam (far L), president of North Korea’s Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, wipes away tears as he attends a concert, staged by the North’s Samjiyon Orchestra, at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul on Feb. 11, 2018. Also attending the concert are North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister and special envoy, Kim Yo-jong (2nd from R), South Korean President Moon Jae-in (3rd from L), Moon’s wife Kim Jung-sook (far R). (Yonhap)
South Korean President Moon Jae-in (C) and first lady Kim Jung-sook (R) pose with Kim Yong-nam, North Korea’s ceremonial head of state, during a reception for ranking foreign delegates to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the host town of PyeongChang, east of Seoul, on Feb. 9, 2018, hours before the sporting event’s opening ceremony. (Yonhap)
A group of people stages a rally in Donghae, Gangwon Province, on Feb. 6, 2018, as the North Korean ship Mangyongbong-92 carrying the North’s Samjiyon art troupe arrived at the eastern port city. They opposed North Korea’s participation in the PyeongChang Olympics. (Yonhap)
Condoms are placed on a table for free distribution at the Olympic Village in Gangneung, a sub-host city of the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics, on Feb. 6, 2018. (Yonhap)
The North Korean ship Mangyongbong-92 carrying the North’s 140-member Samjiyon art troupe enters the South Korean eastern port of Mukho on Feb. 6, 2018. The troupe will perform in the Olympic sub-host city of Gangneung and in Seoul to mark the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics in the South. (Yonhap)
South Korea’s Transport Minister Kim Hyun-mi (2nd from R) gets on an autonomous bus, which underwent a trial run using the world’s first fifth-generation (5G) network service of South Korea’s second-biggest mobile carrier KT Corp., at the Korea Transportation Authority’s Transportation Safety Research and Development Institute in Hwaseong, west of Seoul, on Feb. 5, 2018. (Yonhap)
